Editing Deirdre (section)

==Cultural references==
There are many plays and other stage productions based on Deirdre's story, including:

* [[George William Russell]]'s ''Deirdre'' (1902)
* [[William Butler Yeats]]' ''Deirdre'' (1907)
* [[J. M. Synge]]'s ''[[Deirdre of the Sorrows]]'' (1910). Synge's play enjoyed a vogue amongst composers in the earlier part of the 20th century and many of them set it to music, including [[Fritz Hart]], [[Cecil Gray (composer)|Cecil Gray]], [[Havergal Brian]], [[Healey Willan|Healey Wlllan]] and [[Karl Rankl]].<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/15d84761741f40edb7bb8405d957683a Foreman, Lewis.  ''The Quest for Deirdre'', BBC Radio 3, 31 October, 1995]</ref> 
* [[Vincent Woods]]' ''[[A Cry from Heaven]]'' (2005). 
* [[John Coulter (playwright)|John Coulter]]'s ''Deirdre of the Sorrows'' (An Ancient and Noble Tale Retold by John Coulter for Music by Healey Willian) (1944), operetta
* [[Adriaan Roland Holst]]'s ''Deirdre en de zonen van Usnach'' (1916)
* ''[[Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'': a character named Deirdre was featured with her story based on the mythological counterpart (1996)

Novels about her include ''Deirdre'' (1923) by [[James Stephens (author)|James Stephens]], ''The Celts'' (1988) by Elona Malterre, ''On Raven's Wing'' (1990) by [[Morgan Llywelyn]] and ''The Swan Maiden'' by Jules Watson.

Music about her includes the album ''A Celtic Tale: The Legend Of Deirdre'' (1996) by [[Mychael Danna]] & [[Jeff Danna]].<ref>[https://heartsofspacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-celtic-tale-the-legend-of-deidre Hearts of Space Records]</ref>  and the song ''Of The Sorrows'' from the album ''The Wanderlings Volume Two'' by Leslie Hudson.<ref>{{cite web |title=Of The Sorrows, by Leslie Hudson |url=https://lesliehudson.bandcamp.com/track/of-the-sorrows |website=Leslie Hudson |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>

{{ship|LÉ|Deirdre|P20|6}}, a ship in the [[Irish Naval Service]] from 1972 to 2001, was named after her.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-priceless-vessel-sails-into-history-1.287088 ''Irish Times'', 3 March 2001]</ref>

A version of Deirdre appears in the show [[Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog]] as the main character (played by [[Lisa Dwan]]), and she is the daughter of King Conchobar and an unknown woman (believed to be a Goddess).